Each year we celebrate Healthcare Science Week at ASPH, shining a light on the incredible work of our healthcare science workforce. To mark the week, we’re spotlighting a member of our healthcare science team and sharing a little more about their role, expertise, and impact across the Trust.
Below, Rebeka Sabu, Senior Audiologist at ASPH, tells us a little bit more about her role:
‘I joined the trust in 2024 and have been working in audiology since 2017. What I enjoy most about my role is helping people who need support with their hearing and seeing the smile on a patient’s face when they begin to hear better again. Being able to help someone hear clearly and reconnect with the real world around them is incredibly meaningful to me, because hearing is such an important sense that helps people stay connected, confident, and engaged in daily life.
I always strive to provide patient-centred care and work in line with the trust’s values. I aim to support every patient with compassion, understanding, and dedication, ensuring they feel comfortable and confident throughout their hearing journey.
I feel truly grateful and blessed to be part of this profession and to serve our community as an audiologist.’
Healthcare Scientists (HCS) play a vital role across the NHS, contributing to around 80% of all diagnoses nationwide. There are more than 58,000 HCS working across the UK, including 140 staff across 19 departments at ASPH.
Over the past year, teams across the trust have delivered a significant volume of diagnostic and clinical activity, including:
- Audiology: more than 5,000 hearing tests and 3,300 hearing aid fittings
- Virology: 450,000 samples processed
- Neurophysiology: 3,200 patients seen
- Cardiac Physiology: 12,000 echocardiograms, 17,600 ECGs, 7,500 monitors, and 14,000 pacemaker follow-ups
- Respiratory Physiology: over 1,000 sleep studies
- Pathology: around 10,000 blood samples tested each week
Healthcare science will continue to play an important role in the future of NHS services. National plans include the expansion of Community Diagnostic Centres and increased diagnostic testing capacity, highlighting the growing importance of these specialist teams in supporting patient care.
